> no other solution though ?
You could upgrade to the newest Ubuntu version and check if the Pd
package has been fixed. Don't know if that would be quicker/easier than
compiling Pd from source :-)
Ubuntu imports it's packages from debian testing, which means that if a fix for a packaging bug for a non critical package was released in Debian testing after a particular version of Ubuntu was released, the fix will not automatically find it's way to Ubuntu until someone creates a bug report and makes some noise.
I'm sure the Ubuntu Studio dev team would assist in both confirming a possible bug, as well as uploading a fix, if contacted.